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Saucer Summer Tour Part 2


Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Today we were up early again and headed to Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.  As we walked through the turnstiles into the museum the ticket lady directed us way to the back to catch the Tram Tour of NASA right off the bat.  They take your group picture in front of a green screen before you board the tram.  The first stop was to see the control room for the Apollo missions.  The software is way outdated so it’s just there for display.  We toured all kinds of things and saw some of the new projects they are working on.  The space shuttle program has ended and they are now working on sending a way advanced rover, Curiosity,  to MARS in August this year.  We also saw some of the components of the Orion program that will continue exploration of space.

The Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle was originally part of NASA’s Constellation Program, which is no longer an active NASA program. However, the design for Orion was carried forward as the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (Orion MPCV) as part of NASA’s new plans to explore beyond low Earth orbit and into deep space. For the latest information on Orion MPCV, visit the Orion MPCV page. 

Another show called Living in Space showed what the sleeping quarters looks like for the astronauts.  Alan was selected to be one of the astronauts in the show and was very excited to show us how the astronauts exercise in space.  They have to exercise for 2hrs every day to keep their bodies in shape without having gravity!!
The favorite of the day was the play area for kids!!  Eddie spent a lot of his Christmas money on a real orange astronaut suit that he absolutely LOVES!!
Daddy had a paper to write for work so the boys and I drove out to Spring, TX to see the Hatch family.  Jenn introduced Daniel to me.  It was great catching up with Jenn, Ryan, and their 4 kids!!  The kids could have played all night J  Unfortunately the Hatch kids had their last day of school in the morning.  

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